"No one can live in the light all the time."

-- Libba Bray

“Pointed criticism, if accurate, often gives the artist an inner sense of relief. The criticism that damages is that which disparages, dismisses, ridicules, or condemns.”
“Every man has his thorns, not of him, but in him, deep as bones.”

Source : Mark Lawrence (2013). “Emperor of Thorns”, p.15, Penguin
“Too many people, including the ad industry, believe the future is something that happens and just rolls them over in it's wake.”
“You will never be able to defend your city while shouting.”
“Goals should be realistic, attainable, and shared among all members of the team”
“I promise that if you will keep your journals and records, they will indeed be a source of great inspiration to your families, to your children, your grandchildren, and others, on through the generations. Each of us is important to those who are near and dear to us and as our posterity reads of our life's experiences, they, too, will come to know and love us. And in that glorious day when our families are together in the eternities, we will already be acquainted.”
“Just as every girl should have a husband, preferably her own, so every culture must have its state, preferably its own.”

Source : "The Coming of Nationalism and Its Interpretation: The Myths of Nation and Class in Mapping the Nation" by Ernest Gellner,
“You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.”

Source : Marcus Aurelius, C. Scot Hicks, David Hicks (2002). “The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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